Customer Reviews
Excellent Value Box Set - By: Stephen Macdonald, 21 Sep 2008 
14 Alfred Hitchcock films for this low price is an absolute bargain.
The films look & sound great & alll have extra features.
Highly recommended.
Panned, scanned and damned - By: Scottie, 29 Aug 2008 
A potentiallly fabulous box set is scuppered by the fact (as pointed out by other reviewers) that four of the films - The Birds, Marnie, Torn Curtain & Topaz - are presented in completely the wrong aspect ratio, despite information to the contrary on the boxes themselves. The upshot is that anyone who buys this set, tempted by the admittedly wonderful extra features, will still have to buy widescreen (Region 1) versions of these films if they want to see them in a form even approximating to what Hitchcock intended. How ridiculous. They might just as well have colorised Psycho while they were at it.
WHA?! - By: Mark C. Danzig lll, 16 Aug 2008 these box sets were released the same month in both US-UK-- US 15 discs,(bonus) UK 14 (and not only in 1:33 as Amazon.us mistakenly reports)
yet the US box has a completely restored,new 16x9 Anamorphic transfers of THE BIRDS, VERTIGO, & PSYCHO, MARNIE
(my essentials)
and alll the rest are restored & in original aspect ratios-16x9 when applicable
Have Universal UK no scruples? pure insult to their buying public
(My rating is for the USA MASTERPIECE BOX)
for a laugh-and then rage-stick one of those 3 into your PC/Mac & open up on desktop; put open folder into "list view"you will see VOB files & VTS_Video files & their creation dates. If they are the recycled discs from 2001 (?) ie before 2005, Then I'd take a brick, tape it to the box & toss it through Universal UK front Office Window
Stellar box set from the master of suspense - By: D. Tranter, 10 Aug 2008 Within this set are some of the greatest movies ever produced in the history of motion pictures. 'Rear Window', a story of a photographer who believes he has witnessed a murder, if only people would believe him, is Hitch's tour de force, capturing the essence of the mans film making technique. 'Psycho' is a well known piece of shock that still resonates 50 years after it first terrified audiences. 'Vertigo' a whirling masterpiece that rewards repeated viewings. 'Rope' an 80 minute claustrophobic piece that harks back to the Leopold & Loeb case of early 20th century Chicago. 'Marnie' & 'The Birds' are classic late Hitchcock. There are a couple of duds, notably 'Topaz' & 'Frenzy' but for £17.99 its almost a steal, so treat yourself to a cinematic education, invest in the master.
Completely restored films!! - By: sandiann, 06 Feb 2008 Better quality than the originals.Bonus features show how the complete restoration from film was achieved to produce much sharper images & colours than the cinema showings.With a couple of notable omissions from the line up this is the best box set of Hitchcock I have seen. Well worth purchasing .
